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Sonsub Contracts New 280 ft. Vessel

Sonsub Inc. recently signed a 3 year charter agreement with Otto Candies, LLC for a new IMR Construction Vessel. The yet to be named 280-ft., Class II DP Vessel includes a 100 ton tele-knuckle boom crane, a 20 x 25 ft. moon pool, accommodations for 66 personnel, and outfitted with one or two 200 hp Innovator ROV systems depending upon the project and client requirements. The Moon-pool and crane arrangement will allow safe and stable deployment to the seabed on heavy loads, like manifolds, as well as the lay of umbilical and/or coil tubing lines.

Sonsub anticipates vessel availability starting March 2006 in the Gulf of Mexico.

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When APM Terminals, the world’s most successful container terminal operators, decides to build a $450 million terminal in Portsmouth, that says a lot. What makes Portsmouth so attractive to APM Terminals? The same things that could make it the ideal location for your company’s headquarters. Portsmouth is strategically located midway along the

Atlantic coast at the Zero Mile Marker on the Intracoastal Waterway.

Portsmouth is also part of Hampton Roads, the world’s largest natural harbor and one of the busiest ports in America. The city’s business-friendly environment includes Empowerment, Enterprise and HUB zones, work- force development programs and much more. With a new business park and retail and residential developments underway, now is the time to join leading companies like APM Terminals in the city of Portsmouth.

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APM Terminals knows ports. APM Terminals chose Portsmouth, Virginia.

Sheriff Gets New

Fire/Rescue Boat

The Broward County Sheriff's Office

Department of Fire Resucue and Emer- gency Service in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. has accepted delivery of Marine 6, its new FireStorm 40 Fire/Rescue boat.

MetalCraft Marine of Kingston,

Ontario, Canada, designed this new generation fireboat with a top speed of 42 mph, a pumping capacity of 2,874 gpm and the ability to stop in just over one boat length by using its twin diesel- powered water jets. It provides

Broward County, Fla., with offshore first response capabilities, as well as covering the county's intra coastal and

Port Everglades oil terminal.

With the assistance of Hamilton 322 jet drives and twin Cummins 580 hp diesel engines, the unique delta pad hull design allows the FireStorm to get up on plane much faster and handle in heavy seas, while also performing rescues in shallow water.

Fire equipment includes two remote

Elkhart monitors, one set on the cabin top with the other on the bow. There are also two Elkhart manual monitors one either side of the aft deck, each having twin 21/2 discharges for hand lines.

Darley provided 2-PSM 1250 pumps which will run independently or togeth- er from two built-in 75 gallon foam tanks. Built in remote firefighting and navigation console electronics provide a clean access for both captain and navi- gator. The flush aft deck allows for maneuverability for patients and easy accessibility to the wrap-around water level dive platform. Marine 6 is fin- ished off with custom graphics by

Graphic Imagination of Florida.

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Roehrig Maritime

Adds Tug to Fleet

Roehrig Maritime has purchased the

Tug Heidi E. Roehrig, formerly the

Weeks Marine Tug Matthew. The Heidi is 3,300 hp, with a 105 ft. length over- all, a 32 ft. beam, and a 13.6 ft. draft. It has an Alman Johnson Tow Machine with 2,000 ft. of two in. wire, and has 48,000 gallons of fuel capacity.

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